Coronavirus Updates
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Sydney reports worst pandemic day of 2021, as officials struggle to stamp out highly infectious Delta variant
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 this year as officials struggle to stamp out a growing cluster of the highly …
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German health experts says unvaccinated children could jeopardise herd immunity
Germany has been debating how many people need to be jabbed to achieve so-called herd immunity. One of the biggest questions is whether younger people should be vaccinated. The German Society for Imm…
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COVID-19: Wearing of face-covering would be ‘voluntary’ in the UK
People will no longer be told to wear face masks from later this month, a Cabinet minister says, with England on course to lift almost all Covid restrictions. Robert Jenrick gave an upbeat message on…
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Ghana, other African nations to receive $23bn from IMF to purchase COVID-19 vaccines
Ghana and other African countries will receive $23 billion, out of $650 billion Special Drawing Rights from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and get more Ghanaians …
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Euro 2020 under fire as skyrocketing COVID-19 cases sweep across Europe
The Euro 2020 soccer tournament was on Thursday blamed for a surge in coronavirus cases as fans have flocked to stadiums, bars and spectator zones across Europe to watch the action while the pandemic…
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Australia extends already-tough lockdown as country battles to curb deadly Delta variant outbreak
Australian officials extended lockdown and social distancing measures to more of the country on Wednesday, with four major cities already under a hard lockdown in a race to contain an outbreak of the…
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Sputnik-V not on WHO approved list – Former Dep. Health Minister
Former Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye has set the records straight on approved COVID-19 vaccines for Ghana. In March this year, Ghana received six hundred thousand AstraZeneca vaccines…
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Variant-study reveals AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines effective against Delta COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and the Pfizer-BioNTech, alliance remain broadly effective against Delta and Kappa variants of the COVID-19 causing virus, which were first identified in India, …
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GHS says 41 SHS students have tested positive for coronavirus in one school
A physician epidemiologist at the Ghana Health Service has disclosed that 41 students in an unnamed senior high school in the Greater Accra Region have contracted the COVID-19. Asiedu-Bekoe Franklin,…
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Australia extends mandatory face mask rules in Sydney as COVID-19 take new turn
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week, prompting authorities to extend a mask mandate in…